New Survey Shows A Significant Disconnect Between IT and Business Executives On Disaster Recovery Preparedness
Friday, July 17, 2009 at 5:00AMI was sent this recent survey and given permission to share with you here on Disaster Preparedness Blog. I have long said there is a significant disconnect between IT and the Business on Disaster Preparedness, now we have a survey that shows as much. Enjoy!
There is a significant disconnect between IT and business executives when it comes to disaster recovery preparedness, according to the results of a new State of Disaster Recovery survey.
While both sets of executives share the same views on the importance of information availability to the business, survey data reveal a split in how to achieve the goal of minimizing downtime when an unplanned IT outage occurs.
In the survey commissioned by SunGard Availability Services and conducted by Harris Interactive, both IT and business decision-makers say information availability is important to the success of their business (83 percent of IT, 78 percent of business).
However, fewer than half of business executives say disaster recovery and business continuity are important to business success compared with a large majority of IT executives (74 percent of IT, 49 percent of business).
Reader Comments (3)
This appears to be reflective of the general population's state of preparedness. Statistics may have changed in the past year, but I've seen numbers ranging from 63%-97% of Americans unprepared for disasters.
Hi John, Thanks for taking the time to comment. I have seen those same wide ranging statistics, and it can differ depending on the pool of people you take these surveys from.
Overall in my own experience I would say most Americans are unprepared, and those that are prepared are not as well prepared as they may think they are.
There is even a large disparity in what the governments suggest and what can actually be done. For instance anyone who takes medication is told they should have an extra 30-60 days worth of medicine on hand in case of an emergency/disaster. However, most insurance companies make this nearly impossible and will not provide additional medication, or you must have some type of waiting period.
This is only one example but again overall most people are unprepared, for even the most minor events such as prolonged blackouts, never mind a large scale event.
I have also seen these stats all over the place. The main point is that MANY people are not prepared for disasters. Sad.